Duke’s Grayson Allen is at it again.
The junior tripped Elon’s Steven Santa Anna during the first half of No. 5 Duke’s 72-61 win over the Phoenix on Wednesday night on ESPN2 and was given a technical.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski pulled Allen and he sat the rest of the half — at one point standing with a towel around his neck and shaking his head as a timeout began.
Here’s the Grayson Allen trip. pic.twitter.com/FCF2r5sbKP
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) December 22, 2016
ESPN’s Jay Bilas, a Duke alum, said he expects the ACC to punish Allen for his third tripping incident in two years.
“No excuse for it, absolutely no excuse,” Bilas said during the Kentucky-Louisville game. “And I think in this instance, being the third time in the last couple years, you’ll see the ACC take action. There’s absolutely no excuse. Zero.
“I can’t believe he did that again. I absolutely can’t believe it.”
ESPN’s Kara Lawson also said Allen deserved a one-game suspension.
“This is just inexcusable,” she said on air.
Last February, the ACC reprimanded Allen for tripping Florida State’s Xavier Rathan-Mayes, and Allen was also caught intentionally tripping a Louisville’s Ray Spalding for which he received a flagrant.
Allen also appeared to trip Yale’s Makai Mason during the NCAA Tournament.
Grayson Allen appears to make another one of his signature defensive plays… https://t.co/fO6NooTXsy
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 19, 2016
(The AP contributed)
